She kept her marriage a secret for three years, then divorced and was forcefully pampered by a power

He glanced at her sideways: "Besides, what makes you think I'd help you take a share of my future nephew-in-law's assets? Meng Yu and Rongrong are married, so aren't they all Rongrong's?"

Shao Yan's heart sank instantly upon hearing this.

She must have lost her mind to try and negotiate with a tiger. And rightly so, she has no leverage to bargain with anyone now.

She even naively thought that Huo Xiao might be interested in her, and that he might consider helping her out of consideration for her.

Shao Yan was forced to get out of the car. Just as the car door was about to close, Huo Xiao casually tossed out a sentence.

"I think the necklace suits you well, try it on."

The van left behind a wisp of smoke and exhaust fumes as it sped away.

Shao Yan took a breath, her eyes slightly moist.

Huo Xiao is a very shrewd man; he wants her body but doesn't want to harm his niece's interests.

Shao Yan thought he was hypocritical, cunning, and secretly lewd.

Therefore, the title of "King of Law in the Northern City" is quite an honor for Huo Xiao.

Huo Xiao's phone rang after driving for more than ten minutes.

He glanced at the screen; it was his sister calling.

"Xiao, Rongrong is bringing her boyfriend home for dinner today, you're coming too. Don't tell me you're busy, you're busy 365 days a year. I'm practically making appointments with your assistant to see you. Rongrong only has one uncle, don't let her have no status in her husband's family in the future."

Huo Qingyue talked a lot, and Huo Xiao listened patiently.

This older sister is Huo Xiao's only living relative; they are about ten years apart in age.

For Huo Xiao, Huo Qingyue is both an older sister and a mother.

"it is good."

He responded and instructed his assistant to turn around at the intersection ahead and change direction.

After leaving Huo Xiao's place, Shao Yan changed her clothes and returned to the company.

Ye Xin came over after I finished dealing with some things in the office.

"Assistant Shao, this document needs to be processed urgently. The 100 million contract is just waiting for President Meng's signature. Please send it over."

Shao Yan looked at Ye Xin: "You're President Meng's secretary, you can deliver it too."

Ye Xin seemed to have planned this all along: "President Meng said that we have a clear division of labor, and there are many things he's waiting for you to teach his future Mrs. Meng. Oh, I forgot to mention, President Meng seems to be having dinner with Mrs. Meng at the Pei family's house right now. I can't do that; I don't have as much influence as Assistant Shao."

The document was slammed onto Shao Yan's desk. She glanced at it and realized it indeed needed to be completed within two hours, as the other party was scheduled to take the contract and fly out of Beicheng that afternoon.

Helpless, she could only take a taxi to find Meng Yu.

The Pei family was filled with laughter and joy at this moment.

Meng Yu was well-prepared for his first visit; even the Pei family's servants received red envelopes from him.

Huo Xiaoshan arrived late, but at least he did.

Everyone was seated and ready to eat when a servant brought someone into the living room.

When Meng Yu saw Shao Yan pushing her wheelchair in, he almost gritted his teeth.

What are you doing here?

Meng Yu was afraid that Shao Yan had come to cause trouble for him; his hands were bulging with veins, and his heart was trembling with nervousness.

Huo Xiao sat on the edge of the dining table, looking down at his phone. He was so dazzling that the first person Shao Yan saw when she entered the room was Huo Xiao.

Unexpectedly, he was there too. Shao Yan was even more afraid of Huo Xiao exposing her secret than Meng Yu.

However, he didn't even look up, as if he was focused on replying to something.

"There's an urgent document; please have Mr. Meng sign it."

Pei Rongrong stared at Shao Yan and Meng Yu with a rather strange look in her eyes.

Even Huo Qingyue, the prospective mother-in-law, sensed something and turned to look at Shao Yan.

Meng Yu got up and walked straight out, knowing that Shao Yan would follow.

"Shao Yan, why did you have to come here at this time to sign some damn contract?"

Meng Yu felt that Shao Yan did it on purpose.

Shao Yan looked at Meng Yu indifferently as she held out the document to him.

"An order worth 100 million, the other party's flight is at 2 pm, if President Meng really doesn't want it, I can call and refuse immediately."

Meng Yu's face turned visibly grim. He snatched it away, opened it, and found that it was exactly as Shao Yan had said.

Pei Rongrong followed, and for reasons unknown, she took Meng Yu's arm and took the documents to look through them.

"You don't mind if I take a look, do you?"

Shao Yan's lips curled into a mocking smile: "As long as President Meng doesn't mind, that's fine. After all, you're the future Mrs. Meng."

Meng Yu kept a straight face and didn't dare to confront Shao Yan. He just waited quietly for Pei Rongrong to finish reading before giving her a cold look.

"Once the signature is complete, if anything like this happens again, just call me and I'll go to the company. You don't need to come all the way here."

Shao Yan's smile was tinged with sadness: "President Meng, haven't you checked your phone? I've called you more than thirty times."

Pei Rongrong tugged at Meng Yu: "Let's go eat when we're done. My mommy and uncle are still waiting for us."

After taking a few steps, Pei Rongrong turned around and looked at her with an innocent expression: "Assistant Shao, since we're already here, why don't we come together?"

Meng Yu hugged Pei Rongrong as if he had been burned: "Don't worry about her. The company provides meals, and we have things to deal with this afternoon. Leaving her here will only delay our work."

Pei Rongrong's beautiful face showed an apologetic expression: "Oh, is that so? Then I won't keep you any longer."

Shao Yan didn't intend to stay long. After all, Huo Xiao knew her background. If he disliked her and revealed that her legs had healed, the first person to suspect her would definitely be Old Master Meng.

Shao Yan wasn't pretending to be lame. Since everyone thought she was crippled and useless, she didn't need to make herself too conspicuous to attract attention.

Grandpa Meng is keeping a close eye on her.

Meng Yu breathed a sigh of relief after Shao Yan left.

Back at the main table, Huo Xiao had already stopped scrolling through his phone and was looking at Shao Yan's back, lost in thought.

"Who is it?"

Huo Qingyue sensed that Meng Yu was very nervous.

"I plan to have the company's assistant take care of Rongrong."

Meng Yu was unwilling to talk much about Shao Yan, and he was still furious about her arrival.

This woman is becoming increasingly lacking in discretion and boundaries.

"To be able to stay at a company like Meng's as the president's assistant despite having a limp, she must be a very capable woman. Rongrong, you really should learn from her."

Huo Qingyue was actually unwilling for Pei Rongrong to go to Meng Yu's company. How could she let her precious daughter be bossed around by others?

But Pei Rongrong said she didn't want to rely on her family and wanted to rely on herself, and that she would definitely work hard, so Huo Qingyue could only let her fool around.

"Don't worry, Mommy, Ah Yu said that once I've learned everything, I can be his assistant."

There was a clear undertone in his words that implied he was being kicked out, but Huo Qingyue didn't notice. Huo Xiao raised an eyebrow.

He lightly tapped the table with his well-defined knuckles: "I heard this assistant once saved your life. Does the Meng family have no other way to repay you besides providing food?"

Meng Yu was still relieved that no one had discovered his affair with Shao Yan when Huo Xiao's simple words made him break out in a cold sweat.

He looked at Huo Xiao cautiously.

Could this lawyer uncle know something? But that's impossible.

Meng Yu knew very well that he and Shao Yan had never actually registered their marriage.

Everything was just a verbal promise; even Grandpa Meng was unaware of it.

Yes, I think so.

Meng Yu clenched his fists inwardly. How could his Meng family let word get out that they had mistreated their savior?

"Grandpa promised to give her 10 percent of the company's shares."